Speaker
Carlos Huggins
(Systems Technology Innovation Centre)
Description
After a degree in Natural Sciences (especially Physics and Maths), and an MSc in Semiconductor Science, Carlos Huggins went into industrial R&D and technology management,. Over 22 years he has had contributed as a Gallium Arsenide epitaxial grower and device designer for defence imaging and space power applications; worked on fibre optic devices and pump laser structures for telecommunications; acted as a project Technical Authority for space imager programmes; been engineering team leader for a gas sensors group; taken a corporate seat in a strategic Technology and Market group, building bridges and consortia with external collaborators and funding bodies both academic and commercial; and performed Technology Due Diligence in corporate Mergers and Acquisition. Now he is a Technology Translator for the Sensors and Instrumentation Knowledge Centre (SIKC) of the Electronics Sensors and Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network (ESP-KTN), with a particular focus (today) on the Sensor Systems Technology Innovation Centres (TIC) consultation process in which the SIKC is engaged, alongside exploring opportunities for sensors for the built environment, and KT from the "big science" base.
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has launched a long-term strategy involving the development of industry-led, business-focussed TICs, to act as a focus and accelerator of technology commercialisation and impact in the UK. Sensor Systems is one of the ten candidate areas for the next tranche of three to be selected, and the SIKC is supporting the consultation process on behalf of TSB. The status of the process to date, the key messages, and the next stages will be discussed, as will the general activities of the ESP-KTN in Knowledge Exchange.
Preferred medium (Oral/poster)
Oral
Author
Carlos Huggins
(Systems Technology Innovation Centre)
